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Genzyme sees new drugs unveiled faster

GENZYME, a United States company specializing in treating rare diseases, said it expects new drugs to be introduced in China at a quicker pace in the future because awareness and knowledge of rare diseases among Chinese have improved over the years.

“Now China only accounts for less than 1 percent of Genzyme’s global sales, and we hope to work with government institutions and the healthcare system to work out a more sustainable way for treating rare diseases,” Genzyme Chief Executive David Meeker said in an interview with Shanghai Daily yesterday.

He added that awareness of rare diseases is picking up in China.

Genzyme, which first entered China in 1999, is now helping treat about 130 patients with Gaucher disease, a hereditary disease in which the metabolism and storage of fats is abnormal.

Meeker said Genzyme, part of French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, expects to receive approval soon for its second drug in China to treat Pompe disease which damages muscle and nerve cells throughout a person’s body.




 

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